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The scrapbook contains photographs and memorabilia relating to Florida State College for Women.

This collection contains the memoir of Richard Dern who served in the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Manuscript in Latin, on vellum; a receipt in Portuguese, with possible date of 1421, and script of 1453 and 1455 on verso. Possibly a palimpsest. With untraviolet photographs and related papers.

The "Know Your Broward County Government" brochure contains information about the Broward County Government current to 1978. It includes listings of departments and public services in addition to the organizational structure of the government, the county charter, county history, and local climate.

Kriegsschriften (War Writings) of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Dank is a World War I collection of 28 pamphlets covering an array of war topics by various German authors, including university scholars, over the period 1914 to 1915. Topics include: Mobilmachung und Aufmarsch [Mobilization and Deployment], Kriegslieder von 1914 (mit neuen singweisen) [War Songs of 1914 (With New Singing Show)] by Robert Gersbach, Vom tode fürs Vaterland [Of Death of the Fatherland] by Dr. Gustav Roethe, Kriegsgedichte von 1914 [War Poems of 1914] by Robert Gersbach, 1870 und 1914 Gedanken und Erinnerungen eines Kriegsveteranen von 1870 [1870 and 1914 Thoughts and Memories of a War Veteran of 1870] by Dr. Edwin Evers, Deutscher Krieg humor 1914-1915 [German War Humor] by Walter V. Bremen, and Die Mobilmachung Der Deutschen Frauenfrage für Den Krieg [The Mobilization of the German Women Ask for War] by Dr. Arnold Ruge.

The Theodore A. Vanos collection consists mostly of photographs from his career as an engineer. Some of the photographs are labeled NASA. During World War II, he served with the Office of Scientific Research and Development while at Calfornia Institute on Technology. Included in his collection are military letters from the Navy department, two certificates, and a medallion.

The William L. Barwick Collection contains photographs of Broward County documenting 1926 and 1947 hurricanes. Also, the collection includes portraits and pictures of buildings, streets, and boats in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County locations.

This collection relates to Technical Sergeant James A. Armstrong who served 691st Ordnance Company in the European Theater of Operation. He participated beginning with the Normandy Campaign and each subsequent campaign with the company through to Germany. After the war, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant Ammunition Supply Officer and assigned to the 633rd Ordnance Company. The collection contains letters, military documents, and photographs.